Aerospace Industry: Research
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to aerospace research and development in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 10th July 2018
We have allocated funding £150m a year for aerospace research and development in each year from 2013 to 2018. Our competitive process for selecting and delivering projects is supported by the Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK (now part of UKRI). In addition, aerospace companies can bid for relevant industry-wide competitions and schemes run by UKRI, supported by the Department.